Smyrna times., 1887-06-01
Smvrna and Vicinity.
THIS is the first day of Summer.


veil as here.
How about the Fourth of July;
lr'nt we to never have again one of
he national celebrations for which our
own was so celebrated?
The first shipment of strawberries
rom our section was on Friday last.
They have been increasing in numbers
with each succeeding day.
The Record made another grasshop-
per jump on Saturday and took
. header" in "Where Ignorance is
half column oft.
The plans have been completed and
the work commenced on the erection
of a parsonage for the NJ P. pastor at
Clayton, Rev. DIR. d. F. Ewell.
The warm weather of May seems to
have made the curculio very lively.
Their effort to destroy the peach crop |
was on u much larger scale this year |
than usual.
The two youngest farmers of the |
" Middle Alley" VIM. jones and Geo. !
II. Hoilecker take the lead of their |
in their corn fields and
general farm work.
Mrs. JAS. d. WILDs who has been in
Philadelphia the past four months has
returned home, as has also Mrs. Lillian
Cloak who has been spending several
weeks in Pennsylvania.
The latest style of lace for trimming
wedding dresses is Old Point Comfort
lace" at least that was the designation
attributed to one of our citizens in des-
cribing recent wedding dress.
THE State having discontinued the
sale of School Books through me as
agent of course / can no longer sell
them at cost, and shall have to advance
the prices. a full supply will be kept
for sale as heretofore. J. B. COOPER. Il
JOHN BIGGs, ESQ, advertises two
valuable farms belonging to the estate
of the late Dr. Charles Noble at public
sale on the 23rd inst. The two farms
contain 763 acres, and are situated on
the road leading from KentOn to Mill
ingtOn.
WITH the strawberry crop the season
of employment comes for that usually
nOn-producing class, the women, girls
and boys. Their combined labor puts
a good deal of money in circulation, as
will be manifest at the stores, millinery
shops, &c.
The steamer j. +. Tygert draws its
freight in part from points in Sussex
county. Several teams from Lincoln
have been driven to Smyrna for
transportation to Philadelphia via her
route since this season Opened.-Mi-
ford Chronicle.
WE spoke of it before, but from here
say. We speak of it now from exper-
ience. We mean the cream made by
Stevenson & Peregoy, Of Smyrna. II
is Just splendid, and ifyOu don't try it,
don't blame US for not telling you
about it GreensbOrOugh Free Press.
THE robin strikes the first note Of
his matin song at a quarter before fOu'
o'clock, between which time and sun
rise he gives his best melodies. Three
weeks hence he will start on his morn
ings work nearer half past three anC
leave it off reluctantly at eight O'Clock
or later in the evening.
DIR. P. S. Kitchens who moved from
Philadelphia to his farm at Fleming
Landing about five years ago for healtl
considerations, died about sun rise thi
= morning. He had a partial paralysi
2 before moving to Delaware, leaving
him in impaired health, but the imme
cause of his demise was appOplexy.
IN the absence of any Decoration
Day ceremonies, a number of tn
; graves in our cemeteries, especial,
3 GlenwOOd, on Sunday were decorate,
3 with flowers in cOmmemOratiOn of tn
o dead for whom love thus paid a tribute
From the centre of a single noun
j stood a flag, the ensign of liberty j
r following which so many found an eai
r ly grave.
$ AT the last meeting of the Board {
a Town Commissioners the contract fC
T. the extension of the water works wa
awarded to Gee. w. & S. Taylor Co
e of this town at SO, ,404. The bid of Jo
: H. Haines was S64 lower, but the di
IS ference was so trifiing that the cOmmi
g siOners decided to awarded the col
tract to the Messrs. Taylor in deferenC
" to home mechanical skill.
SAMUEL T. RICHARDS, whose funeri
% at four o'clock was the second one O
Sunday afternoon, was buried undo
Masonic directions, being a member
y that order, the members of which wei
out in force in partial regalia. I'll
i ceremonies at the grave were witness6
y by large number of spectators WI
n had walked out to the Odd Fellow
= cemetery, in addition to those who a
- cOmpanied the procession from Il
Is house.
Mr.. AND Mrs. BENJAMIN WALLAC
q near this town, lost little daught
ir the first part of last week under PAL
y ful circumstances. Mrs. Wallace WI
:. preparing to do some washing and hf
- placed a bucket of hot water intendt
&c for the tub down near the latter, al
N while she turned for a moment to 90
II the house for something, the child a
NJ preached in another direction and
some unaccOuntable manner fell into
10 scalding her severely about the hiI
ne The little sufferer died on the evenil
of the next day.
THE NJ. E. Sunday-schooI of IL
a. town will observe next Sunday
ChildIen's Day" The second Su
y day has been designated as Children
n, Day for the church at large, but t
slf flowers are now in full bloom, at les
al the roses are in their greatest prof
:. sion, and for this reason the first Su
~ day has been selected for this plat
On The programme issued by the NJ.
of publishing house will be observed
II. the main, and will form an INTEREST,"
exercise. The Childrens Day ex
cises will be confined to the morni
n and afternoon, including address fro
pt persons from a distance, the event
o. services being given to preaching
lc- usual.
of
m THERE are still horse sales and no
sales, and prices advance at each 81
No. ceeding market Where do they
. come from, and where do they all 2
te, Buyers are always numerous, a
ew money seems to be no object when
animal is trotted out that pleSses
fancy Of the purchaser. CrOakers p
dicted that when steam and electric
he got to be motors the DAYS of
llv horse would be numbered. w
mo- steam and electricity here that calal
= tOus time seems to be as far of as 4
10, ing the good old times" Of sta
OF coaching and COnestoga wagons. 4
not substitute for a good horse, and {